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Units / California / Hunt zone J3

Tehama Wildlife Area Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J3 · California

Deer hunt area — its own geography, not the zone with the same number. Public land, access, and deer harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Hunt zone J3Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

100%

43,728 ac of 43,925 ac

Landlocked public

75 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

25%

of public · 10,833 ac

Walk-in access

43,504 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

66.7% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

10 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 87% → 67%

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California deer draw odds — 1 hunt here

15 tags drawn on this hunt zone last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation730–2,980 ft
Median elevation1,830 ft
Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

730 ft2,980 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 35%
E 11%
S 32%
W 22%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby deer hunt zones

East Tehama Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt · Hunt zone J21 · 34% publicLate Season Buck Hunt for Zone C4 · Hunt zone G1 · 38% publicC Zones Archery Only Hunt (C1) · Hunt zone A1 · 34% publicShasta-Trinity Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J4 · 62% public

Boundaries from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife deer hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.